Day's Outing Sparks Quick Irish Courtship
Nan Van Vechten and her cousin Marie take a whimsical stage ride to Sharon Springs. A chance encounter with Neil Daly, scion of the local Daly family, leads to a rapid romance culminating in an engagement announced at a church lawn social that same evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naa
Marie
Loretta
Lavinia Vechten
Nan
Sharon
Boston
Chicago
Daly
Neil Daly
New York
Mrs. Powell
Ladies’ Society of the
Miss Loretta
Miss Lavinia
van Vechten
Mr. Daly
Misses van Vechten
Woman Finds Joy in Shopping Without Money
A woman prefers shopping without funds to having money yet not shopping. The remark highlights frugality as a source of personal joy and contrasts access to consumer space with purchasing power.
Driveways to the door bold in Washington visitors count
A visitor recalls Washington's prominence of driveways up to front doors and the surge of roller skaters and women drivers. She notes many 25 foot front houses with driveways that cut across yards, and electric runabouts piloted by young women on city streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Big Sister
Little Brother
Cold storage egg labeling debated at warehousemen meeting
Delegates from the American Warehousemen's association in Washington spent time on cold storage issues. An eastern firm urged newspaper ads urging shoppers to ask grocers for cold storage eggs and warned that some sellers label them fresh laid country eggs to command higher prices. Dr. Wiley urged clear labeling of storage provisions with the packing date visible on the chicken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Warehousemen’s Association
Washington
Dr. Wiley
Department of Agriculture
Cupid and Maiden Buy Love Lures in Town Topics
A humorous verse on Cupid and a maiden shopping to trap an unsuspecting man. Cupid buys moonlight a kiss a loving glance and two tears while the maid purchases a lace gown a rose crowned hat and parasol. Both seek to ensnare the same man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cupid
A Lover’s Confession to Dan Cupid in Scrap Book
Roy Farrell Greene explores male desire and resistance in courting poems. The speaker contrasts seeking a warm kiss with a wary, often resistant partner, arguing for more daring affection as a playful call to Cupid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Cupid
Roy Farrell Greene
She Took Everything In The Richmond Times Dispatch
A playful verse recalls a courtship ending with heartbreak as the narrator laments a lover who took many things including affection, gifts, and the suitor, culminating in taking the narrator himself and then the other fellow in a sly twist of fate. The poem blends whimsy with final irony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond Times-Dispatch
A Bedside Poem by Witter Bynner in Broadway Magazine
The speaker wakes on Sunday and reflects on faith and deeds with wary irony. A dusty sleeve touching death and a severed head are seen as cleaner, livelier expressions of goodness than formal vestments. The verse ends with a quiet return to bed and a solitary line written in thought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Witter Bynner
Broadway Magazine
A Dream of Love Poem Fragment from Brooklyn Hagle
A lyrical fragment depicts a couple strolling at sunset in a garden setting. The poem celebrates enduring love with imagery of trees ferns birds and fragrance as the sun turns westward and the beloved is addressed as a queen of love.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. EH. Marks
Brooklyn Hagle
Hypnotic glance and head movement at Cortelyou interview
A western banker at the Willard Hotel recalls Secretary Cortelyou hypnotizing him not by his eyes but by a slight head shake. He says the gesture fit every situation and questions whether Cortelyou implied something by his remark about being glad to have seen him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cortelyou
Willard Hotel
Washington
Mr. Cortelyou
Why We’re Left Out of History in the Wagon Train
A rugged speaker laments being ignored in history for driving mules and shouldering danger. He recalls frostbitten prairie journeys, Sioux encounters, desert heat, and mule corps sacrifices, claiming the wagon train advanced through hostile lands while frontline praise went elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danver Bam Linen
Also Mentioned on This Page
The
Capitol
A. Rothermel’s
Joseph’s
Meneath
Fido
Huyler
Mule Skinners
Hell
Geronimo
Charlie E. Thompson
Heinemann Building
Central Avenue
Connersville, Ind
West Hill
Sixth Street
Sixth
Frazee
Charles Myers
Wew I. 0
O. F
Thos. L. Smith & Son
Carl Smith
Newkirk Block
Fayette County
Jemison Block
L.d.dillman, B.S
M. D
First National Bank B
Ld’g
Esidence
Summit Ave
Fayette Savings
Central State
Central Ave
A. E. Barrows
N. G. Wills, D.D.S
Dal
Phil Joseph
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!